Thursday, April 7, 2011

There's no avoiding it


While preparing my presentation for AAG next week, I ran across a photo I took in 2009 inside the Qalandia checkpoint. I didn't have time to do a great job composing the shot--I don't know how much the IDF allows inside the checkpoints, and the time prior to this, the IDF had given me a really rough time getting through. So I snapped a few quick shots, just so I could share what it's like trying to get from Palestinian areas into Israel proper.

The Qalandia checkpoint is the main transit point between Ram'allah and Jerusalem.


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  1. Carlo AcharyaApril 8, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Wow that looks like a prison cell. That's so sad that Jerusalem citizens are caged within their own cities. I guess I do not fully understand the use of these barriers either. Are they to protect against terrorists?

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  2. JosephApril 20, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    The cage isn't for Jerusalem citizens. It's for the Palestinians. There is no border checkpoint if you go from Israel -> Palestine. Going from Palestine -> Israel, you have to go through this (and more).

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